I started Dear Jane in September of 2015. Row A #1 block to Bottom Border #11 triangle took me 21 months. I did not skip any blocks (to finish later) but worked through all of them sequentially. Some were easy, some were very challenging, and some were a pleasure to work on.
I used fabrics from my own stash (and "and a few" fat quarters I bought while making these blocks). For some reason I thought my stash would get smaller. I have used some of the fabric scraps left over from my very first quilt (1995). Some blocks have fabrics left over from my children's baby quilts. Some from my doll making days and some from my travels.
Now I am at the bottom border; I hit rock bottom (Haha!) I am working on my 221st block. I have three triangles and two kites(corner pieces) to go. Yay! Then I plan to put it together and start hand quilting it. If I work consistently it should take two years to do the hand quilting. In the mean time I have to start working on my daughter's college quilt. She has two years of high school left but high school goes by quick.
This picture was taken a few weeks ago. I had just finished Row K (183 blocks).
3 comments:
Wow! I am so impressed! :-)
Thanks Katie. I saw the Dear Jane book for the first time at your place and you told me about the quilt. Thanks for introducing the quilt to me.
Glad to know you are still creating. What a lovely colourful quilt. Keep going you will get it done soon
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